HBP Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Some people could be getting 3 interviews in the last week of January... Queens, Toronto, Ottawa. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupeFiasco Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Most will be getting 3 rejections. Crazier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Most will be getting 3 rejections. Crazier. Boo. Positive thoughts only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 And the way he roll just a rebel to the world with no place to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGSaint Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Some people could be getting 3 interviews in the last week of January... Queens, Toronto, Ottawa. Crazy. Ultimate epic. I'd be ecstatic with just one, the middle one please . Although Queen's (with the small size of the program) and a potential holistic approach would be pretty darn good too. Ah daydreams, continuously crushed in this crazy application process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupeFiasco Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 And the way he roll just a rebel to the world with no place to go So come and skate with me, just a rebel looking for a place to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small_town_girl Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just got something from Queen's that was titled "Medical School Interviews" and opened it to see spam from my department. Thats just mean at this point. Bull****!!! yikes I go to Queen's too......what department are you with?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpy Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 yikesI go to Queen's too......what department are you with?! It was sent out to all of the Life Science students (at least the 4th year ones...). It's for an interview prep course basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj89 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Just got something from Queen's that was titled "Medical School Interviews" and opened it to see spam from my department. Thats just mean at this point. Bull****!!! Wow, that's just plain cruel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Rogue Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I almost pee'd when I saw the heading. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpy Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I almost pee'd when I saw the heading. LOL. This was the beginning of the e-mail sent, so you can only imagine: (I'm not reposting it in its entirety because it's an advertisement for interview prep at Queen's - if you are interested in the ad, let me know and I can PM it to you) Dear Queen’s Science Student, Have you recently been invited for a Medical School interview? CONGRATULATIONS!! Now What? Are you Unsure where to Begin? Puzzled by Interview Techniques and Questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apixaban85 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 The question is...is the interview prep in traditional interview format or MMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Rogue Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This was the beginning of the e-mail sent, so you can only imagine: (I'm not reposting it in its entirety because it's an advertisement for interview prep at Queen's - if you are interested in the ad, let me know and I can PM it to you) Dear Queen’s Science Student, Have you recently been invited for a Medical School interview? CONGRATULATIONS!! Now What? Are you Unsure where to Begin? Puzzled by Interview Techniques and Questions? My first thought was "No, not yet! And whose fault is that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This was the beginning of the e-mail sent, so you can only imagine: (I'm not reposting it in its entirety because it's an advertisement for interview prep at Queen's - if you are interested in the ad, let me know and I can PM it to you) Dear Queen’s Science Student, Have you recently been invited for a Medical School interview? CONGRATULATIONS!! Now What? Are you Unsure where to Begin? Puzzled by Interview Techniques and Questions? oh man...that's brutal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj89 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm seriously laughing out loud at the format of that e-mail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This was the beginning of the e-mail sent, so you can only imagine: (I'm not reposting it in its entirety because it's an advertisement for interview prep at Queen's - if you are interested in the ad, let me know and I can PM it to you) Dear Queen’s Science Student, Have you recently been invited for a Medical School interview? CONGRATULATIONS!! Now What? Are you Unsure where to Begin? Puzzled by Interview Techniques and Questions? Cruel. 10char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gb35 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Is very unethical for queen of university to provoke angry student wanting compassion in Canadian medicine. no standards (and lies) set so how do i trust this school for good education if they are not able to meet own promised date. i predict many student accepted will go to other schools and condemn imperialism in canada i have message for you queen <<怎么就吸我的阴茎>> google may per translation... not a good outcome for me HAHA pedobear is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NervesNormalBreathNormal Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yeah, nothing worse than medical school imperialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Rogue Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yeah, nothing worse than medical school imperialism. Just lol'd in clas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 does anyone know what the interview dates are for queens this year? i thought i had seen the dates somewhere but i can't find them/remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGB Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Well at least we know we will for sure hear next week Although with how they've done things this year who knows for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Candidate_2011 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 FYI....I had emailed regarding whether the MCAT cutoffs will be hard/absolute this cycle and the answer is that the cutoffs will be absolute and must be met. So as they (appear to) transition to a more holistic review process, hard cutoffs are still retained. I was also told that applicants should expect to hear from them the last week of January. This suggests that they're not sending out batch-by-batch invites, but instead everyone will find out next week (they might still stagger invites throughout next week, rather than in a single mass email). It also confirms that the delay since mid-December was in fact to embark on some form of a more holistic review process. I would not be surprised to see MCAT cutoffs below 10. A more holistic review also means that they can target candidates distinct from those with high VR scores that UWO and Mac also cater to. I guess all speculations will be proved/disproved soon..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkthlttr Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Sorry, but I just want to be clear. In the email sent from the Queen's admissions office, they explicitly said that they are transitioning to a more holistic review process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Waltz Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Why does the fact that they will send out invitations next week confirm that they are doing holistic evaluations this year? When I spoke with someone from admissions about a month ago, she alluded to a computer issue (or some kind of other technical issue) causing the delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpy Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Why does the fact that they will send out invitations next week confirm that they are doing holistic evaluations this year? When I spoke with someone from admissions about a month ago, she alluded to a computer issue (or some kind of other technical issue) causing the delay Earlier in the post was a lot of information about how Queen's is scoring the letters of reference and autobiographical sketches. I have several friends in the medicine program here and I can confirm that it's true. How these scores are used is anyone's guess. Obviously there are a lot of hopeful people here who want Queen's to lower the cutoffs and then review more people using the ABS score as a further "cutoff." There is also the possibility that Queen's will maintain cutoffs that are just as stringent but will use ABS scores to decrease the number of interview offers. They could also not use the ABS and letter of reference scores pre-interview, and can just use them as part of a "post-interview" score. Lastly, Queen's could also do nothing with this information. They could use it to evaluate whether a method of scoring ABS and letters of reference correlate to performance during medical school. I personally believe the second option is most likely (maintaining cutoffs and cutting down the number of interviewees to 400-500). But it's really anyone's guess, so don't get too stressed either way. No one knows how the ABS/reference letters are even being evaluated; so even if you're one of those students with a perfect MCAT/GPA and poor extracurriculars, perhaps they will weigh academics beyond predetermined cutoffs. Who knows. Don't worry about it, we all find out within the next week or so. Then the real fun begins (of figuring out what the heck they did)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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